Thursday 10 January 2013

Biden’s Gun Violence Event Interrupted By News Of Another School Shooting

By Igor Volsky

Students evacuated from Taft High School.
On Thursday afternoon, CNN showed footage of Vice President Joe Biden meeting with gun rights groups and talking to reporters about his ongoing efforts to curb gun violence in the United States. Biden said that he would present his recommendations to the president on Tuesday. But before Biden could finish his presentation, CNN cut into his remarks to report on another school shooting. This morning, “at least two people were shot at Taft High School” in California at 9:00AM and the shooter has reportedly been taken into custody.
During the meeting, Biden floated the idea of implementing “universal background checks, not just closing the gun show loophole” and limiting the availability of high capacity magazines. “The last area is the whole subject of the ability of any federal agency to do research on gun violence,” he said.
The United States has experienced at least 33 school shootings since Columbine.

Update
NY Daily News reports that an “active shooter,” is still presumed in the building.
Update
A Sheriff’s spokesman says 1 student was shot.
Update
Sam Stein tweets: Taft High School does have a uniform deputy sheriff monitoring campus “before, during and after school.”
Update
A local NBC affiliate reports that a teacher and a student had been injured and are currently receiving treatment in hospital. The student’s injuries are not thought to be life-threatening.
Update
The shooting allegedly took place in a science classroom. The suspect is another student and the weapon has been recovered.
TP

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